Daniel Hiester stands in the brush at Josephine Jones Park in west Greeley. Hiester will be starting a new branch of Generations Church in Windsor. They aim to have evening services so people can enjoy the outdoors. (Joshua Polson/jpolson@greeleytribune.com)Daniel Hiester wanted to be a professional soccer player when he was growing up.He was committed, but the Sunday morning games meant he often had to miss church.For Hiester, it also meant missing out on sermons from his dad, who was a pastor. His friends would miss church, too, and his parents had to choose between his dad’s church and his soccer games.It made him and others at Generations Church in Greeley wonder how many people couldn’t make it to church in the morning or might want to use the daylight hours enjoying the outdoors.This Sunday, he’ll lead the first service for the new Windsor branch of Generations Church – at 6 p.m.[swift-infobox title=”Generations Church Windsor”]For more information about the new, Windsor branch of Generations Church, based in Greeley, go to wearegenerations.church/windsor.[/swift-infobox]Generations is using the phrase “skip church” to describe the new style, Hiester said. People can “skip” Sunday morning church, when most churches in the area have services, to attend their children’s sports games, hike or just sleep in, like Hiester’s fiance, Lindsay, likes to do. She’s a second-grade teacher in Greeley, forcing her to endure early mornings during the week, so she likes to catch up on sleep on the weekends.”Why ask her to wake up early just to get to church?” Hiester said. “Do whatever you need to do, then worship. The church was always meant to be a community first and a place you go on Sundays second.”But they also want the services to be unique, instead of a message and music inside a building, Hiester said the church will have fire pits for s’mores and hot dogs, and activities for kids and families in addition to a sermon.This will be the first church the 21-year-old will pastor, but he grew up with a father whose specialty was starting new churches.Even so, Hiester didn’t consider following in his dad’s footsteps, partially because of the toll being the leader of a church can take emotionally, but also because moving a lot was tough for him as a kid.As he grew older, Hiester said he started to realize that, although challenging, the work his father did was beneficial to many people, including him.When he attended the University of Northern Colorado, where he got a degree in organizational leadership, he started getting involved in church leadership. His sophomore year, he began volunteering for Generations Church, and assisting with kids’ camps in Greeley, Eaton and Fort Collins. He mostly led children’s activities at the church, and Hiester loved it.”Little did I know I’d be leading big people,” he said with a laugh.Starting his first pastoral role at a new church is still nerve-wracking, Hiester said, especially because of his age. He acknowledges he may end up being younger than many in his congregation. But one of the teachings of his religion is you shouldn’t let anybody look down on you because you’re young.”And that’s not to say ‘I’m defiantly leading you as a 21-year-old,’ but instead that’s saying ‘Hey, I don’t have all the answers and this is gonna be messy, but I can promise you that there’s more, and I can inspire you that there’s something next, and I’ll have people that will help along the way.”The church has already faced some challenges, like the loss of one of Generations Church’s members, 8-year-old Brycen Zerby, in the Windsor Harvest Festival Parade. But the church’s mission is moving forward, as Brycen’s parents encouraged in a video, to try to bring more people to God.Hiester smiled as he talked about the first Sunday of the new “skip church,” which will include music from Phil Joel of Newsboys United, free root beer kegs and fire pits with dogs and s’mores. It will be a service worth attending, he said.Editor’s note: This story has been updated from its original version. It has been changed to reflect a correction. An earlier version mischaracterized the church’s mission.